Background
Feetham began as a member of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party, the party his father had helped to found in 1979 and where the latter had served as a member of the legislature from 1984–1996 under the leadership of Joe Bossano.
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Daniel Feetham
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The Honorary He resigned from the GSLP in 2001 over the refusal by Mr. Bossano to step down as Leader if he lost his third election in a row. He formed the Gibraltar Labour Party which contested the 2003 General Election, where Mr.
Feetham obtained the largest number of votes for a leader of a third party since 1984 and his party the largest share of the vote by a third party since 1988 but no seats.
The Gibraltar Labour Party has since merged with the Gibraltar Social Democrats. He obtained a History degree from the University of Reading and a Law degree from the University of Manchester before returning to Gibraltar to practise law.
He was one of the pioneers of the now very successful hedge fund industry in Gibraltar and Chairman of the Working Group on reform of funds legislation which led to the introduction of the Experienced Investor Fund regime in 2005. The new Constitution was adopted in Gibraltar in 2007.
He was elected to parliament as a GSD member in the 2007 elections and served as Gibraltar"s first dedicated Minister of Justice for 4 years.
In the 2011 general election the GSD was defeated by a very narrow margin but Mr Feetham was elected to Parliament. He is currently shadow minister for justice, employment, gaming and financial services and Leader of the Opposition. Police arrested the attacker while the Minister underwent emergency surgery in Saint Bernard"s Hospital.
Despite the serious nature of the attack the Minister survived.
In 2007, he contested the General Election as a candidate for the Gibraltar Social Democrats. He was elected as an Member of Parliament and as Minister for Justice.
In 2013, he contested the leadership of the GSD after Peter Caruana stood down.
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Membership
He was a member of the Gibraltar delegation that negotiated a new Constitution with the United Kingdom during 2004–2006 and co-ordinated the yes vote campaign in the referendum on the new Constitution in 2006.
